Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
Bill Gates
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.
Anonymous
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.
Anonymous
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
Multi-threading is the art of screwing things up before, during or after something else.
Anonymous
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld